Largid Bugs - Family Largidae
This is a very small bugs family. Largid bugs are general feeders, sucking juices from a variety of plants. They are close to family Lygaeidae.
Gutta Bugs, Seed Bugs - Physopelta gutta
This page contains pictures and information about Gutta Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 18mm
- Above pictures taken during early summer on a red flower gum tree when the tree was flowering.
- We also found them hiding on a small Acacia tree during mid-summer.
- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000, p91.
- 2. Physopelta sp. (gutta or australis) - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks
